The silence of the Mime

Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot

2025

Award Winning Documentary on the Life of Artist Robert Shields. “Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot” is a documentary that will make you believe that your actions can have an inspirational effect on so many lives - and you may not even be aware of it. An icon of the 70’s, Robert began his career doing his robot in front of the Hollywood Wax Museum and a few short years later had his own top rated Prime Time CBS Variety show with his beautiful wife Lorene called: “The Shields & Yarnell Show”. And along the way, unbeknownst to him, he created ripples that define an art form to this day. This film may not save the environment, it won’t take on a corrupt corporation nor will it make you write your congress person. What it will do is make you laugh, bring you wonder and joy and introduce you to a man who makes you believe that anything is possible… including (and don’t try this at home!) Street Skiing in downtown San Francisco!

Traces

2025

A woman seeks quiet labor as a way out of institutional power, only to encounter the same hierarchies inside the homes she cleans. Instead of open resistance, she responds through private, invisible acts, leaving behind subtle traces that insist on her presence.

Children of Paradise

1945 · ★ 8

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

Mischa

2015

In the late 1960s, with the arrival of his bar-mitzvah, Michel was tasked with learning about his family's history.

The Bridge

2015

A ten-year-old boy lives in a small village in the mountains with his father, who is very sick. They till, ranch the cattle, make cheese. The only connection of this peaceful life with the outer world is a bridge. And the outer world is destroyed by war... Once the boy crosses the bridge and goes to the market square to sell cheese. This journey shows him the world full of strange and beautiful things. But death is always near and war can happen again any moment. When the boy returns home, he finds his father lying on the ground. In spite of all the danger, the little boy tries to save his father and to stand against the cruelty of life.

Mercene

2025

A single mother. Her marriage ring. Her routine.

L'été indien

2013

A young mime and a fledgling Indian meet in the forest and spend some time together.

Stuck In a Box

2025

Oliver, an anxious mime wants to get more comfortable being out of his own invisible box.

Dapo (Short film)

Dapo, a 14-year-old boy whose life took a dark turn when he became a victim of constant abuse . Dapo failed to recognize the wrong being done to him until his teacher enlightened him on the importance of consent. This newfound knowledge sparked something within him, forever altering his perspective.

Victory to the Mimers

2024

A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. With his beloved family trade targeted by a right-wing government with a long-standing hatred for the arts, a Mime performer desperately rallies the troops for a silent revolution, vowing to save the art form from facing the final curtain.

Between Notes

2024 · ★ 10

Trapped in the swirling thoughts of a late night shift, a restaurant worker receives a cryptic phone call, guiding her to a refuge from the noise.

Good Morning

1959 · ★ 7.7

Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exactly that--refusing to utter a word. The boys' silence ultimately puts the whole neighborhood into turmoil.